 |
|
|
 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2006 
The Week in Mexico
 David Gaddis Smith - Union-Tribune
| | More than a year after a stolen 18th-century Mexican painting was found to be in the possession of the San Diego Museum of Art, the U.S. government is taking steps to return it to Mexican authorities. (San Diego Museum of Art) |
Rocío Durcal mourned: Mexicans mourned Rocío Durcal, a Spanish singer and actress who died March 25 of cancer at the age of 61 at her home in Madrid, Spain. She was famous for singing Mexican rancheras.
Salvador Elizondo dies: The Mexican writer Salvador Elizondo died Wednesday at the age of 73. His 1965 novel, “Farabeuf or the Chronicle of One Instant,” was highly recommended to Union-Tribune readers by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes in a 1997 interview.
Journalist fined: A judge ordered an Argentine journalist to remove references to one of the Mexican first lady's sons in a book that claims he benefited financially from his family's political connections. The judge fined journalist Olga Wornat and ordered the ruling appear in a magazine that published excerpts of the book. The decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by Marta Sahagún's son Manuel Bribiesca, who claimed the book, “Crónicas Malditas,” (“Accursed Chronicles”) caused him “moral damage.”
Changes in Tijuana: Andrés Garza Chávez left his councilman's post to become Tijuana's government secretary, succeeding Fernando Castro Trenti, who resigned to campaign for the Senate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. Juana Reyes Pérez succeeded Garza on the council.
PRD candidates: Arturo González Cruz and Jaime Martínez Veloz will be the Senate candidates for the Democratic Revolution Party in Baja California, state party leader Jesús Alejandro Ruiz Uribe said. Martínez Veloz previously served as a PRI deputy and González Cruz, a businessman, was president of the national federation of the chambers of commerce and border affairs liaison for President Vicente Fox. González Cruz also is a former PRIista.
Detective killed: Policeman José Luis Ruiz Alfaro was killed Monday night when he arrived at his Tijuana home. Ruiz Alfaro, 42, headed a unit that investigated sexual crimes and domestic violence. The getaway vehicle used by the killers was stolen Jan. 14 in San Diego County, the newspaper El Mexicano said.
Kidnap victims killed: Two sons of a businessman, Jesús Rafael and Jesús Roberto Orozco Alfaro, ages 21 and 16 respectively, were killed by kidnappers in Tijuana. They had been kidnapped Feb. 27. Héctor Genaro “El Negro” Rodríguez Martínez was detained, and, according to El Mexicano, confessed that his gang committed at least 12 kidnappings.
Summit quote: Harley Shaiken, director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California Berkeley, was quoted as saying the following in The New York Times about President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox, who held a summit in Cancun last week: “They began dating five years ago. They are dating five years later. There isn't much more activity than that.” Shaiken added, “In Mr. Fox's case, the causes could be traced to his poor political skills. For Bush, it was the lack of political capital he put behind Mexico. But in the end, it's Fox who will leave office a spinster.”
Compiled by Foreign Editor David Gaddis Smith: (619) 293-2211; david.smith@uniontrib.com |
| |
|
Vallarta Weddings
Tell a Friend
Site Map
Print this Page
Email Us